A day in PARADISE!

This is Isla de Culebra (Culebra Island). It is a very small island east of Puerto Rico. It is considered to be part of Puerto Rico.

A ferry leaves out of Fajardo a couple times a day to take passengers to Culebra. It takes us just under an hour to drive to Fajardo where you board the ferry. The ferry only costs $4.50 for a round trip!! Not bad for a trip to paradise. The ferry ride is just over an hour. If you get motion sickness the ferry would not be a fun experience for you. I can usually handle motion but even I was feeling a little queezy on the boat.

After arriving in Culebra you can take a $3.00 van ride to Flamenco Beach. It's about a five minute drive from the ferry dock. Flamenco Beach is absolutely amazing. There are no buildings around, no major roads, no trash, and endless clear and turquoise water.

This is Joe and Dave walking down the path to the beach

Joe heading into the water

The water is soooo beautiful.

ahhh....Paradise

The water really looks like a swimming pool. There was an area with some coral and we snorkeled all around it. There were fish all over, mostly small but there were a few bigger ones.

Of course we packed some Gasolina in the cooler. We each had a few and then fell asleep on the beach. Seriously, it doesn't get much better than that! (it kind of sucked waking up with a sunburned back though!)

The last ferry leaves Culebra at 5pm on Sundays. We got there early, but not early enough. When there were four people in front of us in line they stopped selling ferry tickets. There were too many people on the boat already. We were worried we would have to spend the night on the island with only our wet swimsuits!

Fortunately, we were told that a ferry would be back to pick us up around 9pm. We went and found a little pizzeria/bar and hung out for awhile. After leaving the pizza place we waited and waited for the ferry.

Here comes the ferry.....finally!!

The ferry was mostly empty on our trip home so we all got a row of seats to lay down on. This is Joe relaxing. He is covered by a towel because it was about 50 degrees on there!


Overall we had a great day on an amazing little island!